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    "id": 185701,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Ochieng",
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        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose this Motion for very simple reasons. We have not been here for so long and so we do not need any recess at this particular time. Hon. Members who are alleging that they have not been going home to do the constituency work have actually been cheating the Accounting Officers up there by claiming their mileage allowance by saying that they have been at home and they want reimbursement. We feel that it is high time we told them to refund the monies they have been claiming as mileage because they have not been going to their constituencies to do work. I have been doing my work. As I speak now, I have already bought a constituency vehicle while I am here in Nairobi. The vehicle is already serving my people down there. We have weighty issues that cannot allow us to go on recess. For instance, the issue of the Rift Valley Railways (RVR) is very serious. Goods are not being transported to Kisumu and, therefore, prices there are skyrocketing. This is simply because the RVR is not performing its mandate. Why should we go on recess and yet it is very clear that we need to discuss the issue and finalise it before we go on recess? Some of us are still very young and we have the energy to continue even up to December. It is for those simple reasons that I am opposing this Motion. We should not go on recess. Thank you."
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